Contact Information
Graduate Program in Marine Science and Limnology126 O'Neill
P.O. Box 757220
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7220
Phone: (907) 474-6774
jeremy@sfos.uaf.edu
Jeremy KasperPh.D. Student
Thesis Title
Modeling Circulation Beneath Landfast Ice
Affiliations
- Student Member AGU Since 2004
Research Overview
Arctic Coastal Oceanography
My current research is on currents under landfast ice: I am using idealized circulation models to understand the dynamics of winter time circulation beneath fast ice. Recent measurements from the Alaskan Beaufort show that winter sub tidal currents under landfast ice are small (<3 cm/s), mostly alongshore and driven by alongshore pressure gradients (i.e. sea level slopes) of unknown origin. I am using idealized models to understand the effects of landfast ice--essentially a surface friction--on small alongshore pressure gradients.
Other Projects
In addition to my thesis research, modeling currents under landfast ice, I have participated in several Arctic field projects including the 2003 mooring turnaround cruise for the Shelf Basin Interactions project (SBI--http://www.whoi.edu/arcticedge/arctic_west03/expedition/crew.html). I have spent part of the past four summers doing mooring work for Dr. Tom Weingartner’s Beaufort Shelf research (http://www.ims.uaf.edu/beaufort/). Most recently, I have been involved in a NOPP (www.nopp.org) project studying the circulation of the Beaufort Shelf. This summer (2008), I will assist in the deployment of HF Radars near the Colville River Delta on the North Slope of Alaska.
Current Research Projects
- Modeling Circulation Beneath Landfast Ice
Links
- Sea Grant Student Profile
Provides a brief introduction to my ongoing thesis research. - Student Profile in the SFOS Newsletter
Some information on my research interests and goals. - Beaufort Sea Physical Oceanography